29 March 2017
SpaceX set to reuse rocket for the first time on Friday
... Musk is to reuse rockets just like airplanes. At present although the cost of a new airliner is about the same as a Falcon 9 rocket, a commercial airliner can be used for tens of thousands of flights over its lifetime, whereas a traditional space...
08 August 2018
The most reusable and reliable rocket ever?
...- a lot of money. SpaceX have of course re-used its Falcon 9 before, and have wowed watchers across the world as the ...is another matter, as apparently SpaceX has plans to phase out the Falcon 9 to concentrate on its Mars colonising BFR system; a sort ...
07 April 2016
Ariane 6 Rocket Still on Schedule for 2020
... “Ariane 6 will have twice the mass and twice the volume of the Falcon 9, at less than twice the price,” Bonguet said. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Upgrade recently demonstrated its ability to carry a 5,300-kilogram telecommunications satellite to geostationary...
19 February 2018
TESS arrives in Florida ahead of its April launch
... become the first NASA science mission to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida and although the launch was originally scheduled ...but a few, before their launches. Once deployed from the Falcon 9, TESS will swing by the moon using the lunar ...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
..., the space plane will take flight via Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket; a first for the OTV. Built by Boeing,... Atlas V rockets. Now the OTV will hitch a lift on a Falcon 9 rocket, showing that SpaceX is surpassing its private space company roots ...
18 September 2018
First Moon tourist for SpaceX unveiled as Japanese billionaire
... to the Moon onboard SpaceX's latest incarnation – the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) – the company's new and improved launch... a diameter of 9 metres. For comparison SpaceX’s workhorse the Falcon heavy measures 70 metres tall. The SpaceX founder did tweet an...
